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Computer & Information Sciences at Howard University

Computer & Information Sciences at Howard University

Every computer & information sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer & information sciences program at Howard University stacks up to those at other schools.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Howard Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Howard Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at Howard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #147 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Howard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at Howard University.

Howard Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 59% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard University with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 29
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 1
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

Computer & Information Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Howard University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science 72

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
Managers 19,910 $147,460
Computer Workers 18,040 $117,540
Computer User Support Specialists 4,110 $71,020
Computer and Information Systems Managers 4,020 $168,500
Computer Systems Analysts 3,630 $106,790

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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